ESS2 (7-8) -8 Students demonstrate an understanding of temporal or positional relationships between or among the Earth, sun, and moon by … 8a using or creating a model of the Earth, sun and moon system to show rotation and revolution. What does it mean?
- This standard wants us to show the students the working system of the solar system. They need to know that the earth goes around the sun and the moon goes around the earth before they can understand seasons or moon phases.
What do the students need to know.
- Students need to know that the earth is larger than the moon and the sun is larger then the earth.
- They need to know what rotation and revolution are and the difference between the two because the words often get used in the wrong scenario
- They need to know the relative distances between the earth and the sun and the earth and the moon. (possibly even the other planets)
What are the misconceptions?
- Some misconceptions might be that the earth is the center of the universe. (Even though they should clearly know different by now.)
8b Explaining night/day, seasons, year, and tides as a result of the regular and predictable motion of the Earth, Sun, and Moon. What does it mean?
- This standard is based off of 8a and wants the student to be able to use what they know about the solar system and connect it to the phenomena of night and day and season etc.
What do students need to know?
- Students need to know the relative position of Earth, Sun, and Moon.
- Students need to have a good idea of the orbits of the Earth and Moon.
- Students need to know the definition of revolution and rotation and know the difference between the two.
Misconceptions
- The common misconception of seasons is that they are caused by the Earth getting closer to the Sun and moving farther from the Sun.
- Other possible misconceptions that might occur in this lesson could be that night and day are caused by the sun moving across the sky but I doubt I will run into that one.
8c using a model of the Earth, Sun and Moon to recreate the phases of the Moon.
What the Standard Means:
-The phases of the moon are a common misconception of most students due to the fact that most kids do not understand exactly what causes them. They make up their own ideas of what exactly causes them. This standard is trying to break that misconception by having the student see what actually the causes of the phenomena.
What do the students need to know? :
- The student must have the basic knowledge of the orbit of the Moon around the Earth and the Earth around the Sun.
- I also believe that it is necessary that the students have the basic idea of a scale between the Earth, Moon and Sun.
Misconceptions:
- The phases are caused by the shadow of the earth on the moon.
- The phases are caused by clouds in the sky.
- Some kids may not know that the moon actually changes in the sky.
ESS2 (7-8)-8
Students Demonstrate an understanding of gravitational relationship between or among objects of the solar system by ....
8d describing the relationship between mass and the gravitational force between objects.
Whats the Standard Means:
- I want the students to be able to tell me that the more mass a planet has the more gravitational pull that planet will have.
What students need to know:
- Mass and what its is.
Misconceptions:
- That weight and mass are the same thing.
- That mass does not effect gravity.
Students demonstrate an understanding of temporal or positional relationships between or among the Earth, sun, and moon by …
8a using or creating a model of the Earth, sun and moon system to show rotation and revolution.
What does it mean?
- This standard wants us to show the students the working system of the solar system. They need to know that the earth goes around the sun and the moon goes around the earth before they can understand seasons or moon phases.
What do the students need to know.
- Students need to know that the earth is larger than the moon and the sun is larger then the earth.
- They need to know what rotation and revolution are and the difference between the two because the words often get used in the wrong scenario
- They need to know the relative distances between the earth and the sun and the earth and the moon. (possibly even the other planets)
What are the misconceptions?
- Some misconceptions might be that the earth is the center of the universe. (Even though they should clearly know different by now.)
8b Explaining night/day, seasons, year, and tides as a result of the regular and predictable motion of the Earth, Sun, and Moon.
What does it mean?
- This standard is based off of 8a and wants the student to be able to use what they know about the solar system and connect it to the phenomena of night and day and season etc.
What do students need to know?
- Students need to know the relative position of Earth, Sun, and Moon.
- Students need to have a good idea of the orbits of the Earth and Moon.
- Students need to know the definition of revolution and rotation and know the difference between the two.
Misconceptions
- The common misconception of seasons is that they are caused by the Earth getting closer to the Sun and moving farther from the Sun.
- Other possible misconceptions that might occur in this lesson could be that night and day are caused by the sun moving across the sky but I doubt I will run into that one.
8c using a model of the Earth, Sun and Moon to recreate the phases of the Moon.
What the Standard Means:
-The phases of the moon are a common misconception of most students due to the fact that most kids do not understand exactly what causes them. They make up their own ideas of what exactly causes them. This standard is trying to break that misconception by having the student see what actually the causes of the phenomena.
What do the students need to know? :
- The student must have the basic knowledge of the orbit of the Moon around the Earth and the Earth around the Sun.
- I also believe that it is necessary that the students have the basic idea of a scale between the Earth, Moon and Sun.
Misconceptions:
- The phases are caused by the shadow of the earth on the moon.
- The phases are caused by clouds in the sky.
- Some kids may not know that the moon actually changes in the sky.
ESS2 (7-8)-8
Students Demonstrate an understanding of gravitational relationship between or among objects of the solar system by ....
8d describing the relationship between mass and the gravitational force between objects.
Whats the Standard Means:
- I want the students to be able to tell me that the more mass a planet has the more gravitational pull that planet will have.
What students need to know:
- Mass and what its is.
Misconceptions:
- That weight and mass are the same thing.
- That mass does not effect gravity.